Creighton Employees "Under Review" After Criticizing Basketb

[NJRedman]

https://deadspin.com/creighton-employee ... 1820333371

Two employees of Creighton University’s Violence Intervention and Prevention Center are “under review” and could potentially be disciplined after writing an op-ed in the student paper criticizing the conduct of basketball coach Greg McDermott. McDermott recently posted a photo of himself handing out a ring to former guard Maurice Watson (apparently first-round losses to Rhode Island deserve jewelry?) which prompted Lauren Ward and Meredith Lierk to write in the Creightonian and point out that honoring Watson—who was expelled from the school and suspended from the team after being accused of raping a fellow student earlier this year—was “a selfish and reckless act” that essentially ignored the sexual assault Watson was accused of.

Welcome to big time college sports Creighton!

[CrawfishBucket]

https://deadspin.com/creighton-employees-under-review-after-criticizing-ba-1820333371

Two employees of Creighton University’s Violence Intervention and Prevention Center are “under review” and could potentially be disciplined after writing an op-ed in the student paper criticizing the conduct of basketball coach Greg McDermott. McDermott recently posted a photo of himself handing out a ring to former guard Maurice Watson (apparently first-round losses to Rhode Island deserve jewelry?) which prompted Lauren Ward and Meredith Lierk to write in the Creightonian and point out that honoring Watson—who was expelled from the school and suspended from the team after being accused of raping a fellow student earlier this year—was “a selfish and reckless act” that essentially ignored the sexual assault Watson was accused of.

Welcome to big time college sports Creighton!

McDermott is a good man.

Happy he's in the NBE instead of Holtmann.

[NJRedman]

McDermott is a good man.

Happy he's in the NBE instead of Holtmann.

Hahaha look at this troll!

[jaybydna]

The issue was they never talked to Ras or McD. They were too chicen S__T to do so, so they published an article.

[DudeAnon]

The issue was they never talked to Ras or McD. They were too chicen S__T to do so, so they published an article.

Why is that an issue? Its an op-ed. Did they libel them somehow?

[scoscox]

Why are they getting rings anyway?

[NJRedman]

The issue was they never talked to Ras or McD. They were too chicen S__T to do so, so they published an article.

Wait, so he can publicly honor Watson but they can't publicly criticize him for doing that?

[jaybydna]

How would your boss react if you publicly criticized him without talking to him first? I would be fired, personally.

Watson screwed up. Creighton did exactly what they should have done and kicked him off campus. When the charges were dropped,they treated him like they did the rest of the team. Nothing to see here.

[NJRedman]

How would your boss react if you publicly criticized him without talking to him first? I would be fired, personally.

Watson screwed up. Creighton did exactly what they should have done and kicked him off campus. When the charges were dropped,they treated him like they did the rest of the team. Nothing to see here.

McDermott isn't their boss. Im so glad you think they should be fired for this.

[Professor_Bulldog]

Yes, two people whose jobs are focused on campus violence and assault should be cool with a coach honoring a former student who pleaded no contest to assault. Creighton and McDermott look foolish and boneheaded at best.